Registration for this year’s AP exams will end on March 6 and is open to any student who wishes to take one. However, according to AP exam coordinator Kristina Hartman, students who don’t take the class do not get class credits for taking the exam because a certain number of “seat-time” is needed for any class credit to be awarded.

“AP exams are open for any student to take, although AP classes prepare students to take the AP exams,” Hartman said via e-mail. She said many students opt to self-study for AP exams in order to receive college credit even though class credit isn’t granted for high scores.

Sophomore Yihao “Sara” Zhang, who will register for three exams this year, is one of those students who has opted to self-study for AP Psychology. “I just approach (self-studying) the same way as you would any other class without the lecture,” she said.

The fee is $86 per test, but $8 for math and science exams, assuming the state subsidizes the fee again. If state funding is low, students will be billed later for the full cost, according to counselor Linda Skafish.